Method: Sift flour and peanut flour with baking powder.Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy.Add essence to milk.Work in flour using as much milk as necessary to make soft dough.Roll and cut out even number of cookies using a medium cutter.On half the number, cut out three holes each with half inch nozzle.Bake at 375OFfor about 15 mins.Sandwich a plain cookie with a cut one using a thin layer of jam.Sprinkle over with icing sugar and fill each hole with different colored jam – green, red and yellow.

Then watch the eyes of your kids light up with delight at the sight of the tricolor cookies.

Method: Cream fat and sugar.Beat in the curd. Sift flour with baking powder.Add to the creamed mixture and knead well with cardamom powder.Divide into 20 portions.Form into smooth round balls and place on a greased tray.Decorate with sliced pistachios.Rest for 1 to 2 hours.Bake at 2500F for about 25 minutes. Your delicious Christmas cookies that just melt on the tongue are ready.